As the Israeli onslaught on the Palestinians in the devastated, impoverished, and destroyed Gaza Strip entered its 90th day on Thursday, Israeli missiles killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, bringing the number of casualties to more than 22,313 in addition to at least 57,256 injured since October 7, 2023.
The Israeli army continued its bombing and shelling of vast, heavily populated areas across the coastal enclave, bombing homes, schools, and various buildings used by the Palestinians as make-shift shelters.
The Health Ministry said, “The Israeli army committed ten massacres against Palestinian families in Gaza, killing 128 Palestinians and wounding 261, mostly women and children, in just 24 hours.”
The Israeli army fired barrages of missiles and shells at large areas of the Al-Boreij and the Al-Maghazi refugee camps and Deir Al-Balah city in central Gaza, in addition to large areas of Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern part of the coastal enclave.
Palestinian families and residents were targeted by missiles and shells while fleeing the Al-Maghazi and Al-Boreij refugee camps and Salahuddin Street in Deir Al-Balah.
Al-Jazeera said an Israeli bombing of a home west of the Deir Al-Balah refugee camp led to the death of at least ten Palestinians and added that the army fired missiles and shells at the Zawaida area.
In addition, at least two Palestinians were killed, and dozens were injured, in addition to scores who remain missing, largely under the rubble of bombarded homes in Al-Maghazi.
The Israeli missiles also struck a home on Salahuddin Street in Zawaida, in central Gaza, turning it into rubble and leading to many casualties, in addition to closing the vital street.
At least ten Palestinians were killed, and dozens were injured in just one bombarded home, and at least one was killed and many injured in another home in the Deir Al-Balah refugee camp in Deir Al-Balah City.
In the Sawarha area, west of Nusseirat in central Gaza, Israeli missiles killed at least two Palestinians and injured many others.
The Israeli warplanes also fired internationally banned white phosphorus bombs at several areas in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Air Force fired at least one missile at a home for the Salah family, where many Palestinians of the Hattab family also sheltered in the property in the Al-Mawasi area west of the city, leading to the killing of at least 14 Palestinians, mostly children, and dozens of injuries.
At least one Palestinian was killed, and several were injured when the army fired a missile at a home for the Kollab family, west of Khan Younis, while many remain missing.
Furthermore, several Palestinians were injured, some seriously, when the army fired missiles at the Al-Kholafa’ Mosque in the Jouret Al-Aqqad area, west of Khan Younis.
The army also fired missiles at homes and buildings near Nasser Medical Center and the Al-Amal Hospital of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Khan Younis.
It is worth mentioning that, during the day on Tuesday, at least twenty Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured in Khan Younis.
The army also fired a missile at a home for the Mousa family near the Ebad Ar-Rahman Mosque in Khan Younis refugee camp; the number of casualties remains unknown.
In Rafah, also in southern Gaza, the Israeli missiles killed at least seven Palestinians and injured dozens, especially in the Salam neighborhood and Khirbat Al-Adas area.
In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, the army fired missiles at a home for the Khalil family, killing at least twenty Palestinians, burying dozens under the rubble, and wounding many others.
Israeli tanks also fired barrages of artillery shells at homes and buildings in the eastern areas of Gaza City, causing dozens of casualties.
Despite Israel’s ongoing offensive, the massive bombing and shelling attacks across the coastal region, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and various armed resistance groups are still not only engaging in direct battles with the invading Israeli forces but also remain capable of firing missiles and shells into various Israeli areas.
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera said sirens were sounded in Asqalan and various Israeli towns in the southern areas, especially near the Gaza Strip, after Palestinian fighters fired dozens of shells from Gaza.
The Israeli army also admitted it encountered deaths and injuries among its soldiers, in addition to the destruction of tanks and armored vehicles, by Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip.
In a joint statement and a video from Khan Younis, both the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and the Al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad showed their fighters preparing and targeting Israeli tanks and soldiers in the Gaza Strip.
مشاهد جديدة لعملية مشتركة نفذتها “سـ.ـرايا القدس” و”كتـ.ـائب القسام” استهدفت بالقصف مواقع لتجمع قوات الاحتلال وسط خانيونس pic.twitter.com/mFUGUxOJt4
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) January 3, 2024
The Government Media Office in Gaza said the Israeli army is forcing civilians to leave the areas they were displaced to in the first place, and then bombing them, and added that this has happened at least 48 times in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
“This happened 48 times in several parts of the Gaza Strip,” it added, “and in just the last three days, the army killed 31 Palestinians and injured dozens, after ordering them to leave their area, and then bombing them.”
The United Nations said there are about 400,000 caused by infectious diseases in Gaza, and only 150 medical teams have been operating in the coastal enclave since October 7.
It also said that 180,000 Palestinians suffer from upper respiratory conditions, and 136,000, mostly children, suffer from diarrhea and malnutrition. Cancer patients and kidney dialysis patients remain deprived from lifesaving treatment due to Israeli bombing of hospitals and the siege on Gaza.
The UN added that the number of Palestinians who fled to Rafah, in southern Gaza, since October 7, is about one million.
Israel has now killed more than 22,313 Palestinians and injured at least 57,296, mostly children and women, since October 7, 2023.
